[Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

[Prashanth NS]

Hmm....I guess the choice is personal here - "copyrightable" captures that well. And if a copyright is chosen, perhaps "sweat of the brow" reasoning applies? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweat_of_the_brow). anyways, the license chosen in this case is not restrictive. 


On 29-Jun-2011, at 11:46 AM, Gautam John <gautam at prathambooks.org> wrote:

> On 29 June 2011 15:15, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> We have many people who scan images from books, etc. In those cases we give
>> copyright as applicable, as public domain if they are old. Is the case
>> different in case we take photos from art?
> 
> Very much! A picture of the Mona Lisa is copyrightable. Even if the
> painting of the Mona Lisa is out of copyright.
> 
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